Safety-pocket.



Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

0,. PHDTO-LITHO. WASHINGTON. D C- j unirnnsrnrns rnrnnronnron nr oRIUs semen-F cnnscnlvr srnrnes, KEurUo'nY. SAFETY-POCKET.

1,111,678. p fi n of Letters Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

J l Application filed May 29,1914. Serial No. 841,858.

i i i. v l/ l hip pockets 1, one of said pockets being provlded at its lower end with. a central opening 2. My improved safety pocket'device further includes awallet 3, the outer body covering being-provided witha slit 4 and ar- 55 ranged within t is slit isthe inner end of a strap or tab 5, said strap being held in position by means ofabutton 6. The tab o is adapted to be inserted through the opens I a ing 2 after the pocket-book or Wallet has 60 u been placed wlthln the pocket. After the pocketbook has been placed within the pocket member 1, the tab 5 is inserted through the opening 2 and the socket member 7, Whichis secured to the outer end of 65 the tabiis adapted to be engaged over the resilient head of thecatchj8, which is se- 7 cured to the upper portion of the trousers y-f upon the inner side thereof. This opera- 20 serted through the bottom ofwthe pocket tion folds the lower end of the pocket upon "70 To all whom it mag concern;

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tam new and 'useful Im'provements in, Safet -Pockets, of WhlCll the following is a specifibation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, a a

10 Th's invention relatesto new and useful -mary object of the invention beingthe prodevice, whereby the pocket book cannot be removed from the pocket, without'first dis-- engaggging the; socket 7 from the catch 8.

While I have shown and described the 75 preferred form of pocket-book to be used in connection with my improved safety pocket, it will be apparent that this tab 5 may' be applied to any form of pocketbook and used in the safety pocket equally so a as well. It will alsobeapparent that the device. is extremely simple in its construction and'can bel manufactured and placed uponthe market at a comparatively low cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be ,obviousthat various changes in the details of construction and'in the proportions may i be resorted to; for successfully carrying my 90 invention into practice, without" sacrifi'cin any ofthe novel features or departing from thescope of the invention, as defined by the appended claim. l

V aving hus described this invention,95 What I claim is:- I Y In a safety pocket construction, the combination of a garment pocket provided with an entrance opening and another opening separate therefrom, with an article tab 100 pocket in such position that the pocket book cannot be removed therefrom, without firstdetaching the strap. l

other object of the present invention is the provision ofa device of the'above character which will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, is ineX pensive to manufacture and, at the same] time, is simple vin construction and operation. l

' With the above and other objects" in view, t e' inventlon conslsts in the novel features of construction, combinationand arrange- 5 specification and claim. I t V n the accompanying drawing forming a 40 part ofthis application, Figure l isa detail perspective viewyof a safety pocket constructed in accordance with my invention, illustratingthedevice in an unfolded position. Fig. 2 is 'a similar view illustrating the device in its folded and fastened posi-- tion; and Fig. 3 is of the pocket-book.

n the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated my invention as applied to a pair of trousers, which include the usual I w-ardlyifdided' position.

adapted to be permanently attached to an article-*of value, said tab being insertibie through the last mentioned opening, after the article has been passed. through said. entrance opening,

tab to a garment and means for secnrlng sai with the p0 ket 1n an upcopies of this patent may be ebtained for (1 Witnesses presence of a two Witnesses.

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